Children’s Center

Rakhee Parekh
Director
Rakhee Parekh
rakheep@uci.edu

About Children’s Center

Children’s Center offers a full-day preschool program for children two and a half to five years of age (or until eligible for kindergarten) in two mixed-age classrooms.  Children’s Center participates in the Child Nutrition Programs and serves a morning snack, a hot lunch, and an afternoon snack each day. The center serves UCI students, staff, and faculty, and subsidized tuition is available to eligible student families through a grant from the State Department of Education.

License number: 300605311

Established: 1972

Enrollment: 50

Ratio: 1:8

Hours: 7:30 am-5:30 pm Monday-Friday

Professional Recognition: QRIS 5-Star rated program

Link to Quality Start website: https://qualitystartoc.org/Documents/2019%20Star%20Rating%20Reports/UCI/UCI%20Childrens%20Center.pdf